مشکل

See also: مشكل

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مُشْكِل (muškil).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? muškil
Dari reading? muškil
Iranian reading? moškel
Tajik reading? muškil
  • Audio (Iran):(file)

Adjective

مشکل • (moškel) (comparative مشکل‌تَر, superlative مشکل‌تَرین)

  1. difficult
  2. problematic
  3. hard

Noun

Dari مشکل
Iranian Persian
Tajik мушкил

مشکل • (moškel) (plural مشکل‌ها, or مشکلات)

  1. problem
  2. difficulty

Derived terms

  • مشکل‌گشا (moškel-goša, resolver of difficulties)
  • بدون مشکل و مانع (bedun-e moškel-o-mâne', unhinderedly, unobstructedly)
  • مشکل کردن (moškel kardan)

Descendants

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian مشکل (muškil), from Arabic مُشْكِل (muškil).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /mʊʃ.kɪl/
  • Rhymes: -ɪl
  • Hyphenation: مُش‧کِل

Adjective

مُشْکِل • (muśkil) (Hindi spelling मुश्किल)

  1. difficult
  2. problematic
  3. hard

Noun

مُشْکِل • (muśkilf (formal plural مُشْکِلات (muśkilāt), Hindi spelling मुश्किल)

  1. difficulty

Declension

Declension of مشکل
singular plural
direct مُشْکِل (muśkil) مُشْکِلیں (muśkilẽ)
oblique مُشْکِل (muśkil) مُشْکِلوں (muśkilõ)
vocative مُشْکِل (muśkil) مُشْکِلو (muśkilo)

Descendants

Further reading

  • مشکل”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • Platts, John T. (1884) “مشکل”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 1040
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “مشکل”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 590
  • مشکل”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.